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CHARLES N. TYLER,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 88,097, dated Mtl/rch `23, 1869.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-PIN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be' it known that I, CHARLES N. TYLER, of New York, in the county ,of New York, and State of' New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Pins; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to the. accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in so bending a Wire spring, in making a clothes-pin, as to make the pressure bear mainly at the centre of the clamping-rollers, and equally or nearly so, upon their ends. n

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a View of my' improved clothes-pin, showing the ends of the rollers, and the mode of fastening them by washers, soldered to the rivets.

Figure 2 shows wire bent over to the middle of the roller.

Figure 3 is a top view of the pin.

In making wire clothes-pins, provided with elampin grollers, it is important to bring the main tension of the spring at or near the middle of the rollers, and to have the pressure equal, or nearly equal, at both ends of the rollers, in order to give the pin 'a strong hold uponthe line andclothes., when swinging in the wind.

To accomplish this obj ect, I bend' the wire spring over the top vof the rollers, as shown at A,iig. 2, there being two curves in the wire, one at the end of the roller, and

the other at or near the middle.

This arrangement of the spring gives a central bear- The wire being very small, it is not easy to rivet the washer B in place, and if the washer turns with the roller, the rivet-head and the hole in the washer will son wear far enough to let the washer slip ofi', and thus spoil theA pin..

In order to prevent this diiculty, I make my improved clothes-pin with the washers soldered immovably in place upon tlie Wire or rivet.

I am aware that rollers have been used on clothespins, the bearing of the Wire spring being mainly at one end of such rollers; thereforeI eonne my improvement to the above mode of bending the wire, so as to bring the main pressure at or near the middle of the rollers.

Having thus described my invention,

iVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

So bending theivire spring of a clothes-pin as t0 produce the main tension at or near the middle of the clamping-rollers, and an equal or nearly equal pressure at the opposite ends of the rollers, substantially in the manner set forth.

Witnesses:

DANIEL BREED, J om M. OANBY.

CEAS. N. TYLER. 

